Dee Dee of Dum Dum Girls Announces Solo Project as Kristin Kontrol

Her debut LP is out this spring on Sub Pop

Jimmy Fontaine

Kristin Welchez is best known as Dee Dee, the frontwoman of Dum Dum Girls. Today, she's announced a solo project, Kristin Kontrol. Her debut album will be out this spring via Sub Pop. Watch a promo for Kristin Kontrol below.

According to a press release, Kristin Kontrol's music is a combination of new wave, R&B, synth pop, and krautrock. Welchez explained her reasoning for starting Kristin Kontrol:

I wanted to open things up and shed light on significant influences that felt off-limits in Dum Dum land. I don't want to fight them off anymore. That'd be a drag.

The music is so different from anything I've ever done -- I felt compelled to shed the alter-ego instead of trying to morph Dum Dum Girls into something else. I didn't want to mess with that legacy.

So yeah, I'm Kristin … and this is Kristin Kontrol.

Kristin Kontrol is not Welchez's only non-Dum Dum endeavor. Before Dum Dum Girls, she was in Grand Ole Party, which released Humanimals in 2008. She also has a band with her husband Brandon, Haunted Hearts. They released Initiation in 2014. Welchez's last album with Dum Dum Girls was 2014's Too True.